He said such claims, if truly made, were “absurd, irresponsible and provocative”.

“Russia is evacuating its own citizens and citizens of many other countries, including those in the anti-Houthi coalition. Unlike many others, we do not interfere in the internal conflict in Yemen,” he added.

On Saturday, several news outlets quoted Yassin as saying that Russian planes conducting evacuation from Yemen had delivered weaponry to Houthis and that former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh had fled the country aboard a Russian aircraft.